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JOHN SMITH SOLD To 72 FRANKLIN ST-NI PAIR SHOES c 2nd SPLIT ORDER COPY 05rd SPLIT ORDER COPY JOHN DOE 00. JOHN DOE C0.

JOHN SMITH JOHN sHrTH SOLD To 7.2 FRANKLIN ST. N.Y. SOLD To 72 FRANKLINNY.

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JOHN FRANKLIN 31'. NY. H9 6: ARTIULE E FANFOLD PACK i' i 3 lm nfor;

Patented May 28, 1929.

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JESSE A. B. SMITH, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERVVOODELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PRINTED PAPER WEB.

Original application filed November 4, 1924, Serial No. 747,726..Divided and this application filed March 6, 1926. Serial No. 92,656.

This invention relates to printed forms of bills and more particularlyto a form in which certain portions may be readily detached. from thebody of the web carrying said forms, after typing,,while others are.

imperforate and continuous to reinforce the web and are separable by theordinary shearing knife. V.

Typing of this kind may be conveniently done on multiple-ply paper-webs,the plies being sometimes separate, but more generally connected in theform of a fan-f old weband having suitable forms printed thereon, theforms being torn off from the main portion of the web after typing, asset forth in the VVernery & Smith Patent, No. 1,132,055,- dated March16, 1915. p

Insome cases, it is desired, in making out such forms and simultaneouscopies,"to have the heading and all the entries or typed items appear onthe original recordbill, to substantially form a condensed rec- 0rd andduplicate copies thereof, while only the-heading and certain distinctivesingle items ofsaid entries appear on said miscellaneous other bills orforms. Such an arrangement is especially convenient for a mercantileestablishment, such as a mail-0r der house, when making out an order orbill for a miscellaneous lot of goods, which is of.

such a variety as to necessitate the order being split up, so that thedifferent items thereof may be conveniently sent to differentdepartments for execution. As each item of a bill of goods generallyoccupies only single line of typing, it has been found diilicult to typethe split orders or bills at the same time that the original record-billfold forms. This'is' because there mustbe typed upon said record billand its dupli cate copies a complete schedule of the items, whereasusually there must be typed upon each of the split-order bills only asingle item. It is therefore one of the-features of the presentinvention to'overcome this difficulty and enableeach individual item tobe typed singly upon its own separate form simultaneously with thetyping of a group of the same items upon the original record-- bill andthe duplicates thereof.

According to one form of the presentinvention, a front carbon-carrier ofa continuous billing machine controls carbon-sheets carried forward withinterleaved between the plies of the duplicate copies, and also a carbonwhich lies between the outermost or original ply and the top ply of anumber of split-order forms interposed between said duplicate copies andthe outermost'ply. A; roar carbon-carrier controls carbonswhich areinterleaved between the plies, of the split-order forms.

In typ ng upon such, plies, both of the carhon-carriers have their}respective carbons v the webs'tothe .printmg line, and, upon actuatingthe type, a The carbons interleaved between the splitorder plies arethen withdrawn, and the platen may beline-spaced to bring the formsheading may be written on all of thesheets.

to position for printing the first item' simul-- taneously upon theandduplic'ate copies thereof, and also upon only the first split-orderform. is then turned so as to bring all of the webs upwardly, and thefront sheet andits carbon' are thrown forwardly so as to permit thefirst'split order form to be removed from original form 'or bill Theplaten its ply by tearing the same off along a line 1 i of perforationsThe sheets may then be run to. the printing line of the second item tobe typed, and the same process as described in connection with the firstsplit order is carried out on as many forms as there are separate itemsto be typed. After all of the split-order forms have been removed fromtheir plies, the re maining plie s thatfis, the original orderandduplicate copies thereof are'torn off fromthe main body of the web,against a cuttingoff knife, and a'new portion of'theweb is broughtforward to printing position.

The split-order plies are provided with transverse. linesof perforationsfor weakening the connectionbetween the adjoining provided forthe'purpose.

forms so thateaoh' form may be easily detached by'themere pulling of theform with the fingers Without'the "aid of a knife. It will be apparentthat if the transverse perforations were extended across the whole web,theperfora'tions would so weaken the web longitudinallyas to make it toofrangible for fan-fold work.

strain on the web and the liability of tearing the web at the vperforations'would;r'cnder the web unfit for use ina typewriter.

In this invention, the web is only cross Itis well know'n thatstrippingfthe carbons places a great 4 combined order forms which aretorn off against a knife.

In View of this, it will be apparent that it is not necessary to providethe last split-order ply with cross-perforations. However, since thenumber of split orders required from each bill is variable, the web ismade with enough cross-perfor- V ated plies for the maximum number ofsplit orders that at any time may be required.

This application is a division of my application filed November 4, i924,Serial No. 747,726.

Other features and advantages will here- I inafter appear.

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Figure 1 is a developed View of a fan-fold web such 'as may be used withthe present invention.

Figure 2 is a' view of a severed form,'representing an originalorder-blank. 7 Figures 3, 4- and 5 represent split-order forms whichhave been severed from the main body of the we Figure 6 is a view of afan-fold pack forming a portion of the web-unit.

."Continuous forms or webs V are adapted to be used in a typewritingmachine, such,

as shown in the'patent to lVernery & Smith,

In certain classes of work, such as in mail order houses, orders arereceived which sometimes cover a great variety of goods and it isnecessary that the order be split up and the different items thereofsent to the different departments for execution. For this purpose thewebWV consists of an outermost or original ply, designated by the referencea plurality of split-order plies or forms, designated by the lettersB77, C77 D777; occupy a position between the outer ply' A and thefan-fold pack E. A carbon carried on a forward carbon-carrier as shownin my original application, Serial No. 747,- 726, is interleaved betweenthe outer or origi- A and the split-order ply B, and a rearcarbon-carrier carries carbons which are interleaved respectivelybetween the split-order plies B and C n and D. I

By virtue of this arrangement the carbons .in the form of Saidsplit-order plies associated with the rear carbon-carrier may be readilywithdrawn from theirassociated forms by moving the rear carrierrearwardly, after the headings have been printed up-' on all of theforms, and the original ply or form will always remain the outermost oneof the pack, receive ribbon-impressions of typed matter.

Referring to Figure l, which represents a developed view of fan-foldstationery such as may beused in the present invention, it will be notedthat the folding edges of the several plies comprising the web-unit areperforated at 10, so that they may be readily severed from one another.It will also be noted that the split-order forms or plies indicated bythe letters B, C and D are perforated at 11 along their upper and lowermargins, so as topermit each of the forms to be readily severed from itsply after typing. I As the web is drawn for wardly of the machine; andaround the platen, the side edges of the sheets A, B, C and D aresevered alongtheir side edges, by splitters carried on the carboncarriers, while the side edges of the fan-fold pack E remain unsevered.After having printed the headings on all of the plies, and

withdrawing [the carbon-sheets associated with the plies B, C and D, bymoving the rear carbon-carrier rearwardly, the platen-frame is loweredand the sheets run to the printing line, so as to receive type writtenmatter corresponding to a first item of an order. Due to the fact thatthere are no carbon-sheets now interleaved between the plies B and C,and C and D, no typed impressions will appear upon the split-order pliesC and D, but the split order B, which lies immediately beneath thecarbon of the original order form A, will receive a typed impression,and also all of the plies of the fan-fold pack E. The platen is nextturned, so as to roll the plies upwardly until the perforations '11 ofthe ply B so that it will invariably appear above the cutting-off knife.

said perforations 11, thus removing the same an individual typewrittensheet, the original or outer ply Aand its carbon having been firstfolded over toward the front of the machine to permit easy ac-' cess tothe ply B. The platen is now turned in the opposite direction, so as tobring the sheets down to the secondline of printing. The original sheetA and its carbon now overlie the split-order ply or i form C, and, uponoperation of the type, the second item of the original ply or form Aistyped thereon, and also upon each ply or form of the fan-fold pack E.The same cycle of operations is now carried out to remove the sheet Cfrom the pack, and the platen advanced to print the third item. Thus itwill be seeen that the form A and It will be seen that the full order istyped line by line upon one form, and, at the same time, each line istyped upon a separate split-order form, there being numerous split-orderforms, since each one is to contain only one item and the order may bemade up of half a dozen or perhaps a dozen items. It is shown, forillustration, that the order is made up of three items, but it isobvious that in practice each order is apt to be made up of any numberof items. The invention thus includes a collation of superposed plies,of which the top one constitutes a form for the typing of the full orderthere on, line by line, in the manner of a condensed record, while theothers consist of split-order coupons upon each of which is manifoldedonly one item; This manifolding upon the superposed coupons is done byonly one carbon-sheet. lVhen the top cou-. pon is being manifolded,nothing is done upon the underlying coupons. lVhen the second coupon isbeing manifolded, nothing is being done upon the first coupon nor uponthe remaining underlying coupons, When the third coupon is beingmanifolded, nothing is done upon the first two coupons. Hence, each ofthe coupons finally contains individually an item which is split offfrom the main order, the items being different upon the differentcoupons. For this purpose, the coupons form a part of the same Icross-section of fan-folded web with the main order form; and, after thetyping of each line, the coupon upon which said line 'is typed isplucked out of the web without mutilation, this operation beingpermitted because the coupons are joined tothe re mainder of the web byfriable lines of connection. Heretofore, a transverse section of web,having the same typing upon each ply as upon all the others, has beentorn off by means of an implement; but a coupon has not heretofore beensevered while leaving intact in the machine forms which constituted apart of the same transverse section ofthe fan-fold web.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, andportions of the improvements maybe used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A continuous billing work-sheet web for use in simultaneouslyprinting with a typewriting machine an original record bill having aplurality of items entered thereon and a plurality of split bills eachhaving. a single item entered thereon, comprisinga wide webfoldable'into a plurality of fanfold plies, the web having perforatedlines extending longitudinally thereof between the edges of alltheplies, the web also having successive printed forms. in vertical andhorizontal alignment, the web also-having perforated lines extendingfrom the ply on r the left side of the web horizontally across aplurality of plies between the printed forms, the side plies beingimperforate.

2. A continuous billing work-sheet web for use in simultaneously makingan original record bill having a plurality of items entered thereon andsplit bills each having a single item entered thereon, comprising a wideweb foldable into a plurality of. fanfold plies adapted to receivecarbon sheets between each two plies, the longitudinal side edges ofsaid plies being weakened by perforated lines extending longitudinallyofthe plies the plies having similar printed forms in horizontal andvertical alignment when. the web is spread out, the successive printedforms lying on opposite sides ofthe plies, the web havingperforatedlines extending transversely thereof and stopping before theyreach the side plies.

3. A fan-folded web for manifolding use in typing a plurality of itemson a recordbill and a plurality of superposed orderdistributing coupons,the topfold of said web formed of a'repetition of bills, the

middlefolds of said web formed each of a repetition oforder-distributing coupons, and the bottom folds of saidweb formed eachof repetitions of bill-copies, the bill-forms and the order-distributingcoupons being in. I

horizontal alignment across the web, and the web having pluck-out linesof perforations ending short of the outside series of forms for enabling"each order-coupon to be plucked out of the web individually after it.

istyped, to expose the underlying 'ordercoupon for typing the succeedingline ing separated from the next transverse row by certain of saidpluck-out lines ofperforations, and the web being longitudinally ofthefan-fold pack.

JESSE, as. sMrrH.

thereon, each transverse row of coupons be-

